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Double Wedding Ring Quilt [Object]
Interlocking circles of patterned cotton – ten pieces in each segment, with pink and blue squares at intersections. White cotton background. Backed with white cotton and bound with blue cotton....
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Whig’s Defeat Quilt [Object]
Six full Whig’s Defeat blocks and three half blocks of yellow, red and green fabrics pieced and appliquéd onto white background. Floral appliqué border of roses similar to those on...
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New York Beauty Quilt [Object]
Pieced quilt top for single bed. The piecing is in red and plain yellow fabric; the background is white with a small black polka dot. Two parallel lines of yellow...
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Bridal Chest Quilt [Object]
Pieced nine-patch blocks alternate with half-square triangles to create the effect of extended diagonal stripes. The Nine-Patch blocks (3" square) are pieced from over one hundred printed cottons (glazed...
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Chintz Summer Bedspread [Object]
Lightweight for summer use, this bedspread is decorated with pieced hexagons (1 in wide) arranged in flower and star patterns on a white cotton background. The top is divided into...
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Trip Around the World Quilt [Object]
One-inch squares, set on point, arranged in bands to form Trip around the World pattern. Squares cut from multicoloured patterned cottons and machine-pieced. Filled with light wadding and backed with...
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Tree of Life Quilt [Object]
Machine-pieced blocks (11½ in square) with pine tree design are set on point and alternate with plain white blocks. Four alternating borders (each 1 in wide) of red and white...
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Feathered Star Quilt [Object]
The feathered star block used in this quilt is a classic pieced design. It was a favourite with many quilt makers because it gave them the opportunity to show off...
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Log Cabin Quilt – Pineapple Variation [Object]
Small silk quilt constructed with the variation of Log Cabin known as Pineapple (so-called because of its spiky appearance). The edge has been trimmed with silk ‘tongues’. The piece has...
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Dresden Plate Quilt [Object]
Twenty Dresden ‘plates’ pieced from pastel patterned cottons. Ice-cream cone border in alternating white and yellow patterned fabric. Backed with white cotton and bound with the yellow fabric used for...
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Latest blog posts
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July 17, 2019
Celebrating 50 years since the mission of Apollo 11
[19th century – taken from Emerin Semple scrapbook] We’re celebrating the first lunar landing this year at the American Museum […]
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September 12, 2018
New name, new gardens, new discoveries
With the launch of the transformed Mount Vernon and new New American Garden, we’ve taken the decision to change our […]
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June 1, 2018
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; oh and a loud bang and hot dog too
The 4th of July is one of those dates to remember; it seems to stick in the memory even if […]
